HSBC World Elite Mastercard – Up to 60,000 bonus points + first year annual fee waived (90,000 points + annual fee for Quebec)

HSBC launched a new acquisition offer for their World Elite Mastercard this month. This offer stands out over the previous bonus we saw for the first quarter of this year but still falls short of the introductory offer we saw last fall. Still, seeing that this offer is first year free the card is good […]

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March 7 Update: HSBC World Elite MC first year free + 30K points offer, a new king of programs for crediting car rentals to & Air France flash sale Canada to Paris from $735

Last year HSBC introduced their World Elite Mastercard to the Canadian public. Prior to the launch of this card their cards were almost exclusive to their banking customers only but they realized the money they could make by making a more accessible product. When the card did launch it had a pretty amazing sign up […]

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Convert HSBC Rewards Points to British Airways Executive Club Avios and receive a 35% bonus

Now is the time for British Airways Executive Club transfers from Canadian credit cards! With this offer highlighted in this post there are four, count it, four different transfer bonuses to the BAEC program! Thanks to Thomas once again (our resident HSBC Rewards helper) for giving us the details on this transfer bonus. Right now […]

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On this week’s Podcast – Interviews with CIBC on the Aventura Visa card enhancements, delving into the HSBC World Elite Mastercard and a loyalty lesson learned

Episode 47 – November 5, 2018 — Interviews with CIBC on the Aventura Visa card enhancements, delving into the HSBC World Elite Mastercard and a loyalty lesson learned! Rewards Canada’s Jeff Fredericks had the pleasure of attending a special CIBC event that celebrated the five new enhancements to the CIBC Aventura Visa cards and Jeff […]

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October 23 Update: World of Hyatt changes coming on November 1, WOW Air to start Vancouver service, updates to HSBC review + more!

Hyatt officially confirmed today some changes to the World of Hyatt program that are taking effect on November 1st. The first change is the addition of a new free night redemption category. You will now be able to redeem World of Hyatt points for Premium Suites. Previously you could only redeem for Standard Suites. These […]

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